Slidably-adjustable bracket.



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SLlDABLY ADJUSTABLE BRACKET.

APPLICATXON HLLD JANS., um.

1,128,419. Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

@ein e LUTHER C. DEAR. BUTTE, MGN'TATJA SLIDALY-.DJUSTBLE BRACKET pplicaton led January 9, wie.

To ad fuhom it may concern Be it known that l., LUTHER C. Daan, a citizen of the United States, residing at Butte, in the county of Silverbow, State ol Montana, have invented ertain non and useful Improvements in Slidahly-djnfftable Brackets; and I do hereby dec are the following to be a full. rlea r, and exact ilescription of the invention, such will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use Athe saine.

This invention relates` to new and use'lfnl improvements in brackets, and `particu-- larly that Class which are slidalily adjust able on a rod or similar sappi/'ming nir-ans.

The objet-:t of the present invention rw sides in the provision of a bracket which is slidably adjustable on a rofl or similar supporting means and which is held in said adjusted position by the weights/1r the tenr sion exerted hy the article held hy the said bracket,

A more specific object reside# in the pro4 vision of brackets adapted For holding! rop per plates in an eleetrolytie leerliingiv appa-- ratus, whereby the relativel),Y thin plates may be. readily and quickly seein-ed in platre and held against louekliu ,15.

AA further object le. in the provi" of brackets of the above tv vi'w of sn'li (le. that they may he yvery cheaply niann'l tured.

With those and other olijerts in View. the invention resides in the novel cnnilzlination and arrangement of par in he heroinai'trr described and illustrated in the arremnpanjv ing drawings and partirnlnrly pointed ont in the claim hereto appended,

Reference is had to the aeronipanying drawings wherein similar charariers of reterence designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in whirii:

Figure l is a sideA elevation of the adaptation of the invention for holding articles for display, Fig. 2 is a persl'ieetive view ot the bracket shown in Figi, l. Fig. 25 view Showing the adaptation ot' the invention for supporting curtains or the like. Figi. l-

a perspective view showing` a modified and more ornamental form of bracket for holding curtains or the like. Fig. 5 a vation showing the adaotat-i vice for snspendingy 5 is e sectional Y Fig.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16. MM5.

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l and 2 olt the drawinvs wherein the brackets are used preferably Vfor displaying ar titties. n llesg'nates a vertical 'cylindrical niain imnrting rod, Each of the liraelets l'oiiiiises a shank portion ti provided at one will with suitable means T for" enga@ ing; aa article to he displayed. The other end pnrtinn nl the shank hent in subst-an tially lisiiape at 8 and is then bent downwardly at and terminates in a lateral porA tion l() lyingr transversely of and engag Aing the rod. it is observed that thishrackei; is 'freely slidalfle on the rod and can be readily positioned thereon. vfl/*herr however, weight placed on the free end oit the shank the bra ket swings with its U-shape portion 8 a pivot and binds the transverse poi-tien lo against the red to effeotvually prevent sliding; movement.

Reim ing nov; to Fig. 3 of the drawings, alwrein the device is used as a curtain support. the main supporting bar 1l is disposed horizontally. A pair of brackets are provided incliining the U-shaped portions and the transverse portinns i3 as above di vrille/l, The free ends of the Shanks of these hrackets are directed laterally at .llt io form hooks win-:2n p the curtain. The lirar;K4 are slid in opp@ site directions along the bar until the ourV by the hooks 17 or they may h e secured to and held bv the transverse portions lil. ln

the latter instance, the transverse portions by the tension exerted thereon swing the U shaped portions .l5 into binding engagement with the rod.

and t3. wherein is shown the ation at? the invention lfor preventing t s as in eleetrolytie leeching the usual horizontal bari desiggage lin the ends uit.

e drawings brackets are prowith the bar,

stead of being' formed nated at 2l is provided. A pair of brackets are provided, and comprise the Shanks 22, the U-shaped portions 23 and the transverse portions 24 which are in this instance Hattened so that they engage the rod 21 in such manner as to facilitate the passage of elec- 'tric-current therethrough. The free ends of the Shanks .are provided with hooks 25 which engage in openings 26 formed in the upper corners of the 'plate 27. The plate Yiay be thus suspende-d from the brackets, and to prevent buckling thereofv the brackets are drawn away from each other on the bar and are held in this position by the engagement of their transverse portions 24 due to the tension exerted by the resiliency of the Shanks.

ylironi the foregoing it is observed that a.

very simple form of bracket has been pro- -rided which may be adapted to a Variety of uses. It will be noted'that the bracket comprises only a singlef length of wire and may thus be very cheaply manufactured. It will be further understood that this device inwith Wire, may be formed of reiatively large metal rods or the like, so that ii; may b'e used for such purposes as supporting scaffolds on buildings 'ir the like.

, What is claimed is:

In a device of the class described, the combination with a horizontal supporting rod of a pair of spaced brackets depending therefrom, each comprising a. resilient shank haring onel end portion bent to embrace the upper side of the bar, then bent downwardly parallel with the shank, bent again at right angles to said downwardly bent portion and terminating in a portion extending transversely and engaging the lower side of the bar, and hooks on the other ends of said Shanks adapted to support an article, the right angular bent portions of the brackets extending toward each other and the resilience of said Shanks being oppositely and outwardly directed, whereby an article supported on said hooks will be subjected to endwise tension.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signa ture, in the presence of two witnesses.

LUTHER C. DEAR.

litnesses C. W. FREEMON, M. E. LoWNEY. 

